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'''Kim Todd''' (born April 15, 1970) is an American author. She is also a professor of creative writing at the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cla.umn.edu/creative-writing/people/faculty|title=Faculty|work=College of Liberal Arts {{!}} University of Minnesota|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref> She has written essays and several books of nonfiction, primarily about environmental history and the natural sciences.
==Education and work==
Todd received her master's in [[environmental studies]] and her M.F.A. in creative writing from the [[University of Montana]] in [[Missoula]].
Todd is the recipient of a PEN/Jerard Fund award.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/291|archive-url=https://archive.today/20050924003313/http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/291|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2005|title=PEN American Center – Jerard Fund Award|date=September 24, 2005|work=archive.li|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref> Her book ''Tinkering with Eden'' won the 2001 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.northland.edu/earth-day/your-earth-day-reading-list-23-years-of-sonwa-winners/|title=SONWA Winners 1991–Present|date=April 9, 2015|work=Northland College|quote=Todd has taught environmental and nature writing at the University of Montana, the University of California at Santa Cruz extension, and the Environmental Writers Institute. |access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name="SONWA_Descrip">{{Cite web
|url=https://www.northland.edu/centers/soei/sonwa/
|title=Nature Writing Awards
|publisher=Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
|quote=The Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Awards recognize the best in environmental writing in adult nonfiction and children’s literature...Established in 1991, SONWA honors the literary legacy of Sigurd F. Olson by recognizing and encouraging contemporary writers who seek to carry on his tradition of nature writing.
|access-date=April 29, 2021}}</ref> Her book ''Chrysalis'' was selected by the New York Public Library as a "Book to Remember."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pw.org/content/new_york_public_library_names_last_year039s_books_remember|title=New York Public Library Names Last Year's Books to Remember|date=April 11, 2008|work=Poets & Writers|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref> Her work has been reviewed in ''The New Yorker'',<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/01/29/briefly-noted-704|title=Briefly Noted|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name="2021TNY"/> ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/01/05/20/bib/010520.rv081805.html|title=Tinkering with Eden|work=New York Times|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref> and ''[[The New York Review of Books]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2009/04/09/the-flowering-genius-of-maria-sibylla-merian/|title=The Flowering Genius of Maria Sibylla Merian|last=Rowland|first=Ingrid D.|work=The New York Review of Books|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
===Books===
* ''Tinkering with Eden, A Natural History of Exotic Species in America'' (2001) {{ISBN|978-0393048605}}.<ref>Todd, Kim (2001). ''Tinkering with Eden, A Natural History of Exotic Species in America''. W.W. Norton.  [https://books.google.com/books?id=PUCh6ftchdAC  2002 pbk edition]</ref>
* ''Chrysalis, Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis'' (2007)<ref>Todd, Kim (2007). ''Chrysalis, Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis''. Harcourt. {{ISBN|978-0156032995}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6XriAAAAQBAJ 2013 pbk edition]</ref> (See [[Maria Sibylla Merian]].)
* ''Sparrow'' (2012) Reaktion Books. {{ISBN|978-1861898753}}.<ref>Todd, Kim (2012). ''Sparrow''. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eIQRxAhOEI4C 2013 pbk edition]</ref>
* ''Sensational: The Hidden History of America's 'Girl Stunt Reporters''', HarperCollins, New York, 2021. {{ISBN|9780062843616}}<ref name="2021TNY">[https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-lost-legacy-of-the-girl-stunt-reporter "The lost legacy of the girl stunt reporter" by Katy Waldman], (''[[The New Yorker]]'', April 29, 2021.)</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Gray|first=Charlotte|date=April 23, 2021|title='Sensational' Review: Heyday of the Stunt Reporter|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sensational-review-heyday-of-the-stunt-reporter-11619185350|access-date=2021-05-09|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
===Essays and articles===
* "Curious." ''River Teeth'' (2014)<ref name="Curious.">{{Cite web|url=http://www.riverteethjournal.com/blog/2014/01/29/volume-15-number-2|title=Volume 15 Number 2 – River Teeth Journal|last=Design|first=Spire Web|website=www.riverteethjournal.com|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>
* "Road Warrior." ''River Teeth'' (2015)<ref name="Road Warrior">{{Cite web|url=http://www.riverteethjournal.com/blog/2015/05/04/road-warrior|title=Road Warrior – River Teeth Journal|last=Design|first=Spire Web|website=www.riverteethjournal.com|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>
* "Reintroductions and Other Translocations." ''Guernica'' (2015)<ref name="Reintroductions and Other Translocations.">{{Cite news|url=https://www.guernicamag.com/reintroductions-and-other-translocations/|title=Reintroductions and Other Translocations|date=August 17, 2015|work=Guernica|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>
* "Real predators don’t eat popsicles." ''High Country News'' (2016)<ref name="Real predators don’t eat popsicles.">{{Cite news|url=https://www.hcn.org/issues/48.8/real-predators-dont-eat-popsicles|title=Real predators don't eat popsicles|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>
* "The Language of Sparrows: How Bird Songs Are Evolving To Compete With Urban Noise." ''Bay Nature'' (2016)<ref name="The Language of Sparrows.">{{Cite news|url=https://baynature.org/article/the-language-of-sparrows/|title=Bay Nature Magazine: Sparrows Lose Their Language With Urban Noise|work=Bay Nature|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>
* "These Women Reporters Went Undercover to Get the Most Important Scoops of Their Day." ''Smithsonian'' (2016)<ref name="These Women Reporters Went Undercover to Get the Most Important Scoops of Their Day.">{{Cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/women-reporters-undercover-most-important-scoops-day-180960775/|title=These Women Reporters Went Undercover to Get the Most Important Scoops of Their Day|last=Todd|first=Kim|work=Smithsonian|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>
* "The Children’s Hour, Theatre Rhinoceros, 1986." ''Guernica'' (2017)<ref name="The Children’s Hour, Theater Rhinoceros, 1986.">{{Cite news|url=https://www.guernicamag.com/the-childrens-hour-theatre-rhinoceros-1986/|title=The Children's Hour, Theatre Rhinoceros, 1986|date=March 13, 2017|work=Guernica|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>
* "The Island Wolves." ''Orion'' (2017)<ref name="The Island Wolves.">{{Cite news|url=https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-island-wolves/|title=Orion Magazine {{!}} The Island Wolves|work=Orion Magazine|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>
* "Coyote Tracker: San Francisco's Uneasy Embrace of a Predator's Return." ''Bay Nature'' (2018)<ref name="Coyote Tracker: San Francisco's Uneasy Embrace of a Predator's Return.">{{Cite news|url=https://baynature.org/article/coyote-tracker-san-francisos-uneasy-embrace-of-a-predators-return/|title=San Francisco's Uneasy Embrace of the Coyote's Return|work=Bay Nature|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>
* "In Turn Each Woman Thrust Her Head." ''Paris Review Daily'' (2018)<ref name="In Turn Each Woman Thrust Her Head.">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/02/15/turn-woman-thrust-head/|title=In Turn Each Woman Thrust Her Head|last=Todd|first=Kim|date=February 15, 2018|website=The Paris Review|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>
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